Bethel Beat

News-Times, The (Danbury, CT)

Published
7:00 pm EST, Thursday, February 24, 2005

Developers want to construct four buildings on Stony Hill Road and Old Hawleyville Road, not far from the border with Newtown. One building would be nearly 95,000 square feet and contain a Big Y supermarket as well as other retail space.
Three smaller buildings, totaling 15,500 square feet, would also be built at the site.
The Planning and Zoning Commission also continued until March 8 a discussion about the application for a free-standing CVS Pharmacy on a vacant Library Place lot. Traffic and signage are among the issues commission members still want to discuss.
The commission set a date of April 12 to open a public hearing on a request to install lighting at one of the Mitchell Field ballparks on Old Hawleyville Road.

Get a taste of southeast Asian food while helping a good cause on March 6.
St. Thomas' Episcopal Church is holding a Southeast Asian Dinner for Tsunami Relief that day from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the church.
Foods will include chicken satay with coconut-peanut dipping sauce, samosas, Pad Thai and pineapple fried rice.
Cost is $15 for adults, $13 for those 65 years old and older, and $5 for children. A children's menu will be available.
The church is at 95 Greenwood Ave., across from the Bethel Food Market.
All of the proceeds will be given to The American Red Cross to continue the group's relief work for southeast Asia's tsunami victims.
For more information, call (203) 743-1494.

During February, The Bethel Women's Club in conjunction with the General Federation of Women's Clubs of Connecticut is taking part in Pennies for Art.
Donated money is used for awards for the high school Senior Art Contest sponsored by the federation in the spring.
Businesses throughout town will have containers for contributions.
The Bethel Women's Club meets on the second Thursday of the month at the Bethel Municipal Center on School Street.
For more information, call Linda at (203) 744-0332.

The cable television show Time Out With Kevin Gallagher tonight will feature interviews with members of the Citizen's Emergency Response Team or CERT.
Topics covered will be how the group began and the equipment it uses. Gallagher is a Bethel resident.
The show airs at 8:30 p.m. on Comcast cable's community access Channel 23 and will air again on Monday at 11 a.m.

Next week, Wednesday Night Poetry at the Bethel Arts Junction will feature Richard Cambridge, who recently published his third book of poetry, "Pulsa."
Doors for Wednesday Night Poetry open at 7:30 p.m. and a contribution of $1 is suggested. The Bethel Arts Junction is in the old Bethel Railroad Depot building on Depot Place.

Put aside March 12 for the annual corned beef and cabbage dinner at The Second Meeting House, 40 Main St.